Rich Lowry: Why isn’t Joe Biden a threat to democracy?

The republic would be safer if Biden were indeed enjoying himself back at Rehoboth Beach.

Editorial cartoon for Friday, May 5

Joan Wenzel: Where is democracy in action?

The headline of a May 2 Sun Journal article read “Auburn council votes to eliminate recycling program from budget.” What a surprise! Auburn has a Sustainability Working Group (formerly Recycling Committee). This committee was not informed or even part of the conversation about eliminating the recycling program. Is this democracy or autocracy? Joan Wenzel, Auburn

Carole Richards: Women won’t go back to being ‘barefoot and pregnant’

Women have come a long way since being allowed an education. They are CEOs of big companies, owning their own businesses, and running for political offices all over the country — and winning. But a few old white men who remain in power are shaking in their boots with fear. Therefore they are trying to […]

Robert Macdonald: Vietnam vets were unfairly branded

During the mid-1960s many of us enlisted in the military and found ourselves at war in the Republic of South Vietnam. The war slowly became unpopular and divided our country. Those protesting the war decided to kick it up a notch. They labeled those who were fighting in South Vietnam with a cruel moniker. A […]

Doris Bonneau: Protect Auburn’s water supply from additional development

I wonder if Auburn residents know that their water supply is at risk. Excessive development around and upstream of drinking water sources challenge the water quality of Lake Auburn. LD 1473, “An Act to Protect Certain Unfiltered Drinking Water Sources,” seeks to exempt land within watersheds of sensitive drinking water sources from additional development, which […]

Cal Thomas: The debt limit: Same old song

Each time the government reaches the “limit,” it gets raised with the familiar scenarios that include threats of a government shutdown (an idea that increasingly appeals to some conservatives) and the claim that the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. is at stake.

Editorial cartoon for Thursday, May 4

David Oshansky: Arming school officials to protect kids is ‘simplistic logic’

I wish to add my comment regarding the Sun Journal’s April 27 front page article, “Proposal to arm teachers draws emotions,” by Lana Cohen of the Portland Press Herald. My comment questions Maine’s legislators over the simplistic logic of protecting school children by arming a school official. As a retired Army officer with 33 years […]

Gary Merrill: Invest in Maine’s CTE centers, grow its economy

It is heartening to read in your newspaper that legislators are considering a proposal to increase funding to Maine’s career and technical high schools. From where I sit as the CEO of a 186-year-old large manufacturer, this is long overdue. Technical education centers are the very places where my company, along with many other employers, […]